Saving SA's Eco Heritage | Andrew Hankey
Dec 01, 2018•27 min0
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Episode description
The Walter Sisulu National Botanical Garden is not only one of our country's top SANBI sites, but also a hotbed of one-hit wonders!
Exactly 100 years after its first discovery, the Brachychorythis conica subspecies transvaalensis - which only has a handful of breeding sites left and has been placed on the Red List of critically endangered species - was officially named the Albertina Sisulu Orchid earlier this year.
First discovered in Pretoria in 1918, the same year the world discovered a woman who would rock the Apartheid struggle to its core,The Krugersdorp population is now under threat of obliteration if plans to develop a 3000 unit complex on the ridges above the Walter Sisulu Botanical gardens go ahead.
Andrew Hankey, assistant curator at the gardens, gives us a bit of history, a breakdown of how the Bot Gardens work and advice on how to help save this endangered species.
For more podcasts, visit SolidGoldStudios.co.za/grounded Mel's Treasures on Facebook
Exactly 100 years after its first discovery, the Brachychorythis conica subspecies transvaalensis - which only has a handful of breeding sites left and has been placed on the Red List of critically endangered species - was officially named the Albertina Sisulu Orchid earlier this year.
First discovered in Pretoria in 1918, the same year the world discovered a woman who would rock the Apartheid struggle to its core,The Krugersdorp population is now under threat of obliteration if plans to develop a 3000 unit complex on the ridges above the Walter Sisulu Botanical gardens go ahead.
Andrew Hankey, assistant curator at the gardens, gives us a bit of history, a breakdown of how the Bot Gardens work and advice on how to help save this endangered species.
For more podcasts, visit SolidGoldStudios.co.za/grounded Mel's Treasures on Facebook
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